Literature, religion, and the evolution of culture, 1660-1780 / Howard D. Weinbrot.
Literature, religion, and the evolution of culture, 1660-1780 / Howard D. Weinbrot.
Literature, religion, and the evolution of culture, 1660-1780 / Howard D. Weinbrot.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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2013.
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G 2014/4031
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xii, 371 p. : 24 cm.
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Introduction. The groundwork of change. Eighteenth-Century Evolutionary Theory -- Practial awareness -- The chapters and a definition -- Part I: Threats to the species: madness, discontent, and the danger of dissolution. -- 1. Causation and contexts of hatred: savage beasts mortal and deadly -- Conj...
5. Methodism: from antagonist to relation -- The spreading fog -- Reforming the Reformation? Reforming the reform? -- Grudging acceptance -- Humphrey Clinker: joining the family -- Part III: Evolutionary Reversion: the Gordon Riots, return to rage, and reinventing a cure. -- Déjà vu all over again...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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Maryland
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2013.
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"Literature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780 chronicles changes in contentious politics and religion and their varied representations in British letters from the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. An uncertain trend toward tolerance and away from painful discord significantly influenced authors who reflected on and e...
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Literature, religion, and the evolution of culture, 1660-1780 / Howard D. Weinbrot.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/4031
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74VKvEQ8QLwy
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1421408600 (electronic)
9781421405162 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781421408606 (electronic)
1421405164 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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820.9/382
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991021579189702626
